Dominique Arago
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François Arago GOLH |
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President of the Executive Commission Co-Prince of Andorra |
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In office 9 May 1848 – 28 June 1848 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Jacques-Charles Dupont |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Eugène Cavaignac |
| Minister of War | |
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In office 5 April 1848 – 11 May 1848 |
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| Prime Minister | Jacques-Charles Dupont |
| Preceded by | Louis-Eugène Cavaignac |
| Succeeded by | Adolphe Charras |
| Minister of the Navy | |
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In office 24 February 1848 – 4 May 1848 |
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| Prime Minister | Jacques-Charles Dupont |
| Preceded by | Louis Napoléon Lannes |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Grégoire Casy |
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Member of the Constituent Assembly for Seine |
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In office 4 May 1848 – 26 May 1849 |
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| Preceded by | Constutuency created |
| Succeeded by | Felicité Robert de Lamennais |
| Constituency | Paris |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Pyrénées-Orientales |
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In office 6 July 1831 – 24 February 1848 |
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| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Arago |
| Constituency | Perpignan |
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26 February 1786 Estagel, Roussillon, France |
| Died | 2 October 1853 (aged 67) Paris, Seine, French Empire |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris |
| Political party | Moderate Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lucie Carrier-Besombes (m. 1811; d. 1829) |
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Emmanuel Arago Alfred Gabriel |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Profession | Astronomer, physicist, mathematician |
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Rotary polarization Polarizer Eddy currents Fresnel–Arago laws Arago spot Arago's rotations |
| Awards | Copley Medal |
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| Fields | Astronomy, mathematics, physics |
| Institutions | Bureau des Longitudes, French Academy of Sciences, Paris Observatory |
| Patrons |
Siméon Denis Poisson Pierre-Simon Laplace |
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Dominique François Jean Arago (Catalan: Domènec Francesc Joan Aragó), known simply as François Arago (French: [fʁɑ̃swa aʁaɡo]; Catalan: Francesc Aragó, IPA: [fɾənˈsɛsk əɾəˈɣo]) (26 February 1786 – 2 October 1853), was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason, supporter of the carbonari and politician.
Arago was born at Estagel, a small village of 3,000 near Perpignan, in the département of Pyrénées-Orientales, France, where his father held the position of Treasurer of the Mint.
Arago was the eldest of four brothers. Jean (1788–1836) emigrated to North America and became a general in the Mexican army. Jacques Étienne Victor (1799–1855) took part in Louis de Freycinet's exploring voyage in the Uranie from 1817 to 1821, and on his return to France devoted himself to his journalism and the drama. The fourth brother, Étienne Vincent (1802–1892), is said to have collaborated with Honoré de Balzac in The Heiress of Birague, and from 1822 to 1847 wrote a great number of light dramatic pieces, mostly in collaboration.
Showing decided military tastes, François Arago was sent to the municipal college of Perpignan, where he began to study mathematics in preparation for the entrance examination of the École Polytechnique. Within two years and a half he had mastered all the subjects prescribed for examination, and a great deal more, and, on going up for examination at Toulouse, he astounded his examiner by his knowledge of J. L. Lagrange.
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